Configuring HP StorageWorks MSA1000 and MSA1500 systems
To use this external storage, you must configure HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) 1000 and 1500 (MSA1000 and MSA1500) systems for attachment to the Storwize® V3500 system.
- Supported models of the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 system
The Storwize V3500 supports models of the HP MSA series of systems. - Supported firmware levels for the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500
The HP MSA system must use a firmware level that is supported by the Storwize V3500. - User interfaces on the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500
Ensure that you are familiar with the user interface applications that are used by the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 systems. - Logical unit creation, deletion, and migration for HP StorageWorks MSA systems
Before you create, delete, or migrate logical units, you must read the storage configuration guidelines that are specified in the HP StorageWorks MSA1000 or MSA1500 documentation that is provided for this system. - Sharing the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 between a host and the Storwize V3500
You must configure your environment so that only the Storwize V3500 can access all logical units on the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500. You can zone other hosts to communicate with the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 for in-band configuration, but nothing else. - Concurrent maintenance on the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500
Concurrent maintenance is the capability to complete I/O operations to an HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 while simultaneously completing maintenance operations on it. - Quorum disks on the HP MSA
The Storwize V3500 cannot use logical units (LUs) that are exported by the HP MSA1000 and MSA1500 as quorum disks. - Advanced functions for the HP MSA
The Storwize V3500 Copy Service functions and RAID migration utilities are not supported for logical units (LUs) that are presented by the HP MSA. - Global settings for HP MSA systems
The system supports global settings that apply across an HP MSA system.